 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following story was published on SFU News on June 7, 2012. By Ross MacDonald-Allan When undergrad Fahad Yasin collects his degree in business administration this month, his family’s association with Simon Fraser University will have returned to where it started. His father, Mohammed, graduated 30 years ago after leaving his home country, Fiji, to study at SFU. His two older sisters also attended SFU, one of whom will join him at convocation when she […] Read More... |
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 | Beedie School of Business NewsSurrey, BC – On Tuesday, May 29th from 5:30-8pm at Eaglequest Golf Course, the Surrey Board of Trade will award 25 winners in their second annual Surrey’s Top 25 Under 25 Awards event. The event will celebrate the incredible initiatives of Surrey’s youth under the Age of 25. The winners were chosen based upon a subjective analysis of their business or community achievements, leadership ability, community involvement, professional achievements and uniqueness of their business or […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article was submitted by Beedie School of Business graduate Esther Chang: As you learn in any introduction to economics course, life has a lot of tradeoffs. So if your goals are to travel around the world to get a deeper appreciation of life and culture, you will most likely have to trade off a lot time from developing your career. By participating in an international internship with AIESEC, however, you can make the […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business Newsby Joanne Leung Both students and alumni from SFU’s Beedie School of Business have been selected to compete on February 11 for $5000 in cash prizes at the upcoming Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize Competition, which will take place at the Segal Graduate School of Business in downtown Vancouver. The start-up competition is organized by SFU Venture Connection, recognizing excellence in business development among early-stage clients participating in the VentureSpark program. Of the seven finalists—the […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsDiana Martins, CA – Senior Tax Accountant, Ernst & Young, and a Beedie School of Business BBA 2007 graduate, was recently profiled in Career Insider: Accounting Magazine. Martins’ interest in accounting, according to the profile, was sparked during her first year of studies at Beedie. Earlier this year, she was promoted to the position of senior tax accountant after an annual review. “I like the variety that comes with my job,” she says. “One day […] Read More... |